ARTS & CRAFTS
MATERIALS
ACTIONS
Types of crafts
A collage
Paper machier
Colouring in
A (class/ group) project
A poster
A hand puppet/ finger puppet/ sock puppet (and stage)
A 3 model
Useful classroom phrases for teachers
"What shape is this?"
"Is this a square?"
"Do you want to use a triangle or a circle (for its nose)?"
"How many legs shall we add?"
"I want you to make different things each? Who wants to make a...?/ Hands up and tell me what you want to make"
"What do we do with scissors? Colour?"
"What do we cut with the scissors? My hair?"
"What's this?... That's right, rubbish. Where does rubbish go?... In the bin"
"Please pick up... from the floor?"
"Put down some newspaper first (to keep the table clean)"
"How can we make a hole (in this)?"
"What can we cut with? With a stapler?"
"Hands up and ask me for the things you need/ the colour you want"
"Can I have the... (s) back please?"
"Careful (with the glue/ scissors)"
"No running with scissors"/ "Turn the scissors around before you give them to someone"
"Do you want to try again?"
"(Try to) keep inside the lines"
"Only cut the dotted lines (not the solid lines)"
"Bring up your work when you have finished"
"Where do you want to put in on the notice board?"
"Very good. Ten out of ten/ Here's a sticker"
"Staple one end to the other"
"Put the string through the holes"
"How can we make a...?"
"What shapes can we use to make a...?"
"What does it look like if we put these shapes together?"/ "What can we make from these shapes"
"One (pair of scissors) between two/ per table"
"Come up and ask if you need a..."
"Make a line to have your.... checked"
"It's very imaginative (but not very neat)"
"Do you want me to show that to everyone/ to your parents?"
"Has anyone/ everyone finished?"
Useful classroom phrases for students
"(Can I have a)... please?"
"(I've) finished"
" Can you repeat, please?
I´m sorry, I don´t understand .
Can I use...?
It´s my turn